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[ Very shortly after all this... Yosuke doesn't trust himself with video or voice right now. ]

hey man u awake?

[... Oh boy. Good thing Stefan's staying up late in the lab again.]

Always awake for you. What's going on?

so the whole othr worlds thing

[ Okay, there's a semi-lengthy pause here because he is starting phrases and then deleting them and rewording and deleting that and fjskl but eventually, he continues. ]

theres someone here that looks like yu. and knows me. but his name is souji or somethng and its relaly messing with me cause its not him at all.

[ Maybe one thing at a time. We'll get to the worst parts later. ]

That would mess with me too. Sorry, Yosuke.

Is it possible that he's ["like me"] a reincarnation or some kind of doppelganger? He looks like Yu, has memories of you, but isn't actually Yu?

[He's projecting, a little - because this sounds like his territory. At least this "Souji" guy didn't pretend to act like Yu.]

idk. i guess so? I just know he's not my partner. He doesn't even rememebr being here before.
i mean ok for 1 he's not happy to see me. for 2 hes got this scar on his face that yu doesnt' have. for 3 idk hes just really different and its givign me the creeps man

[ Ugh just typing about it is making his skin crawl... ]

[Note to self: next time he meets this Souji guy, there are going to be WORDS (and okay, maybe a flying fist). Reincarnation or no, there is no reason to scare Yosuke this bad.]

Wow. Definitely not Yu or his reincarnation. If he had Yu's memories, he would've been thrilled to see you. >|

[He never types in emotes either, so you know he's mad.]

Any way you can avoid him for the time being? He wasn't Shuffled onto your ship or anything...?

[ Yeah, Yosuke can tell he's mad... He didn't mean for that to happen, of course, but he can't deny that it's nice to know he's not crazy or overreacting for being so weirded out about all of this. ]

no hes' on the First BReath... not here. And yeah i guess im' avoidin him but can i keep that up with how things get around here?

Good.

I'm not sure. People from other ships hang out on the Iskaulit all the time, and you do run into everyone whenever you're exploring planets. I'm not saying you should hide from him forever. That's impossible.

[Nor should Yosuke have to feel like hiding. While Stefan doesn't consider himself great at giving advice, it's not like he can head over to the ship at this hour... can he?]

But until we can figure out WHY he's not happy to see you, it might be safer to keep your distance. Yu's usually good about talking things out, right?

yea he is but is souji?

[ He lets that message sit for a good minute before he sends it, just staring at it. Contemplating it. Mulling over the implications in his head, the way they all compound on each other. Everything. Ugh... he feels so sick to his stomach.

But he follows it up pretty quickly. ]

damn i wish he was here

[Good question.] I don't think now's a good time to find out.
Just remember: he's not your partner. Whatever happened between him and the Yosuke he knows isn't what happened to you two.

[He's not sure what else to say, because something must've happened to make Souji so bitter and sour and... ugh. He doesn't like where this train of thought's going.]

I'm really sorry.
Do you want me to come over?

yea he's not. he's not Yu at all. and who knows exactly what all the diffrences ar ebut he's not my best friend. NOT my partner.
I just really miss him right now. because damn it this wass hard without him before but now theres this guy

[ He's not sure why he essentially just... wordvomited all of that up, but he did. And it's funny, but he's pretty okay with having done it - no wishing he could take it back or anything like that. Less of foot-in-mouth and more of actually communicating for a change... is that what that feels like? Huh. ]

Thanks man bt alone might be best rightn ow. i'm already talkign about stupid things youdon't have to see me crying too haha

[ Dumb attempt at humor? Yeah sure. ]

Edited (sigh. i should close html tags. that's a thing.) 2015-10-10 20:31 (UTC)

It's not stupid to me.
Other worlds are scary enough to think about without adding things like That Guy to the equation.

[In fact, he's starting to understand the other side of this, namely because he's been on Souji's side for too long. Now it makes sense, and now... he's glad Yosuke trusts him this much. It means more than anything else.]

If you want to be alone, that's one thing, but I'm always a few minutes away. :)
I just figured, I didn't want to be alone a few months ago.
The least I could do is return the favor.

That Guy... hahah

[ At least that got a little bit of a laugh out of him, even if Stefan can't hear it. ]

yeah man its cool. i think i'm gonna get some sleep. but how bout i come over tomorrow for a game or two huh? and dude seriously you've already returned the favor

Sounds good.

Pfft, I don't know about that [re: returning the favor] but any time. Sleep well.

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